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Article #458Re: On The Road To Smart Growth: Article: LA Freeway Fix-Up Won't
From: Don Hagstrom
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 02:07
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 02:07
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"Scott Mace" <smace@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message news:9eup66$m38$1@slb2.atl.mindspring.net... > John Higdon wrote: > > > Oh, I forgot: "making freeways wider does not reduce congestion". > > If memory serves me correctly, congestion on Bay Area freeways is forecast > to grow 250% in the next 20 years, even with all the improvements in the > current long-range plan. > > Scott Mace > What improvements? Oh, you mean a few carpool lanes, a few gap closures, and one tiny little freeway connecting I-880 and I-680. Oh, those. And meanwhile population is forecast to what, almost double? Or at least increase by double digit percentage points? Yes, when you have a large increase in population but provide only minimal increases in the required infrastructure, that is why congestion is forecase to increase that much. If the MTC were any kind of business, their board of directors would have been fired by now for suggesting such a ridiculous dysfunctional plan that is basically telling their customers that things will only get much worse. Way to go. Don -- http://www.fixtraffic.org Fighting for the Rebuilding and Expansion of Southern California's Freeway and Highway System Discussion at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sc_hwys Discuss the 710 Fwy Gap Closure--Pro or Con--at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Go_710
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